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| The Cook Islands are a collection of fifteen small islands in the heart of the Polynesian South Pacific. More than half of these are no more than tiny coral atolls. The Cook Islands is a self-governing dependency of New Zealand with its own parliament. |
The Cook Islands - Culture __ A good overview including information about family lineage. - From pacificnavigator.com - http://www.pacificnavigator.com/cookislands/aboutcooks/culture.html
Cook Islands : Culture __ A general overview of Cook Island culture. - from travel.yahoo.com - http://sg.travel.yahoo.com/guide/australasia_and_pacific/cook_islands/culture.html
Cook Islands Culture - Rorotonga, Tivaevae, Folklore __ "Experience the colorful culture of the Cook Islands! Help with conservation, literacy and history volunteer program on the island of Rarotonga in the South Pacific. Tutor children, work with seniors and assist families with a variety of volunteer work abroad projects." You will find information as to how you can help. - From globalvolunteers.org - http://www.globalvolunteers.org/1main/cook/cook_islandsculture.htm
Cook Islands Government Online __ Official site with general information
about the country and its people as well as government services, visitor
information and much more. - illustrated - From Government of Cook Islands -
http://www.cook-islands.gov.ck/
The Cook Islands People - Polynesians of the South Pacific __ An overview of
the Cook Islanders. - illustrated - From globalvolunteers.org -
http://www.globalvolunteers.org/1main/cook/cook_islandspeople.htm
Culture __ A general overview of Cook Island culture and history. - illustrated - From pacificislandtravel.com - http://www.pacificislandtravel.com/cook_islands/about_destin/culture.html
Ethnologue report for Cook Islands __ web page dedicated to the languages spoken in the Cook Islands. - From SIL - http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=cook+Islands
History of
the Cook Islands __ "COOK Islanders are true Polynesians, the finest seafarers
of the vast Pacific, voyagers on frail canoes who felt at home on the ocean and
who travelled across its huge wastes in search of new lands and new
beginnings.The journeys undertaken by these stone age people in their fragile
craft dwarf the voyages of exploration boasted of by the Portuguese, Spanish,
British, Dutch, and French." A good introduction to Cook Islands history. -
illustrated - from Jarvy Web -
http://www.ck/history.htm
Lords of the Dance - Culture of the Cook Islands __ You will find dance, art,
literature and more in this overview of Indigenous cook Island culture. -
illustrated - From Jarvy Web -
http://www.ck/culture.htm
Making Tradition in the Cook Islands __ A brief website with an important paper. You will find a short dance movie and the paper "Social Context and the Limits on Symbolic Meanings." - from Center for Social Anthropology and Computing - http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/tradition.html
Rarotonga, Cook Islands; Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger __ An excellent collection of annotated photos. "The people of the Cook Islands are of Polynesian descent. Due to extensive intermarriage with Europeans over many years, most of the people today are of mixed ancestry. The official language is English, although most people are bilingual and literate in both English and the indigenous language of Cook Islands Maori." - illustrated - From Galen R Frysinger - http://www.galenfrysinger.com/rarotonga.htm
A well kept secret in the Pacific - The Cook Islands People __ A brief overview of a well kept secret. "Cook Islanders are Polynesians. The northern islands were most probably settled around 800 AD by migrants from the west." - illustrated - from Jarvy Web - http://www.ck/people.htm
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